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248 East 35th Street
New York, NY, 10016
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Murray Hill Studios is a full-service television production facility located in the Murray Hill neighborhood of New York City.

Early Education Professional Development

Find out about Early Education Professional Development at Murray Hill Studios!

Early Education Professional Development at Murray Hill Studios

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Murray Hill Studios and its partners specialize in creating professional development video tools for teachers, administrators and coaches in pre-k and elementary education. Murray Hill Studios' own Shaun Johnsen works with Judy Jablon, Amy Dombro and many others to produce rich, educational video tools. We have produced numerous educational projects including fundraising and training videos for NAEYC, Pearson Education, Teaching Strategies, Illinois State Board of Education, The Gateway School of NY, Carnegie Hall, Easter Seals, The Heritage Museum in Massachusetts, Arkansas State Education, Valley of the Sun United Way in Arizona, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and Kamehameha Schools in Hawaii, just to name a few! Amy, Judy and Shaun have also written a book for coaches and administrators called Coaching with Powerful Interactions. See below for more details on this valuable resource.

Here are a few clips from our recent Educational/PD projects:

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New York Works for Children presents: The Aspire Registry

Part of a series of short videos MHS produced for New York Works for Children to showcase Aspire, New York State's registry and statewide training calendar for early childhood and school age professionals.

Leading for Children

Video produced for Leading for Children, a new non-profit organization that empowers every early childhood educator to realize the goal of improving outcomes for young children. To create the next generation of critical thinkers and leaders, Leading for Children believes we must ensure that every child has a sense of agency and for this to happen, children must learn in settings where the adults define themselves as leaders in a climate of optimism. True change comes from a holistic approach, one that engages the entire system and all players including caregivers, teachers, coaches, administrators, and families.

The Goodwin Early Childhood Program

Goodwin Early Childhood Program, an overview.

Kamehameha Schools Hawaii, Curriculum Overview


This clip is part of a larger project that our team worked on with the Kamehameha Preschool Program across the entire state of Hawaii. The purpose of our project was to identify their program's best practices and document them using interviews and videos. The finished product is a set of five 30-minute videos that form the basis of their ongoing professional development and support their NAEYC accreditation efforts.

PEARSON WORK SAMPLING SYSTEM


This video was developed to introduce educators to the Work Sampling System, a nationally acclaimed performance-based assessment system for children age three to grade three.

Arkansas State University Childhood Services: Creativity and Aesthetics


This clip is from a series of seven videos produced for Arkansas State University Childhood Services. The purpose of the project is to highlight best practices in various preschools through Arkansas. This video focuses on Creativity and Aesthetics.

Heritage Museum and Gardens: Hundred Acre School, A STEM-Focused Curriculum

A parent information/overview video of Hundred Acre School, Heritage Museum and Garden's STEM-Focused Early Learning Center in Sandwich, Mass.
Produced in conjunction with an online learning video course about "Collections," Heritage's proprietary STEM Learning Curriculum.

Mass. Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education: Collecting and Interpreting Evidence

A video clip from a series produced for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education focusing on collecting and interpreting evidence while interacting with children.

Early Education and Home Visting: What Makes a Good Home Visit?

This video is part of a series of Professional Development Videos on Home Visiting that was produced for the Illinois State Board of Education, in conjunction with Baby Talk and The Ounce.

Arkansas State University Childhood Services: Social Studies


This clip is from a series of seven videos produced for Arkansas State University Childhood Services. The purpose of the project is to highlight best practices in various preschools through Arkansas. This video focuses on Social Studies.

 MHS co-owner, Shaun Johnsen is a television professional with over 20 years of experience in the field of educational production. Shaun is also a co-author on the recently published enhanced e-book, Coaching with Powerful Interactions. (see below)

This interactive, enhanced e-book is a guide for coaches and other professionals who support the work of teachers. Powerful Interactions Coaching begins with YOU – how you are and how you approach this work. Your stance, or how you are, shapes how you think and act as a coach. A Powerful Interactions coach:

  • Observes for and highlights teachers’ competence
  • Uses observations and articulation to promote intentionality
  • Values individualizing to develop trusting relationships
  • Promotes a mutual learning partnership
  • Supports teachers by modeling what to say and do and how

Grounded in your stance, you launch a Powerful Interaction when you decide to say or do something that conveys to someone, “I notice you, I’m interested in you, and I want to know you better.” This moment of personal connection builds upon the trust and security that exists between the two of you. Within a trusting and secure relationship, a person is more open to learn from the guidance and instruction you offer.

This guide describes an attitude and way of being that can stand alone or complement any coaching model you are using. 

This book is currently available as an Apple iBook and a print version. Stay tuned for a google version of this book!